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Thank you to all that have volunteered to accompany us on our local walk next week. If you have yet to complete a volunteer pack, please do so as soon as possible. 

Reception to Year 1 transition 

We know that moving from Reception to Year 1 can feel like a big step, both for children and for parents. It's completely natural to have questions about what changes and how children will be supported. Below is attached is a document that answers questions around how we support transition as a school. 

Reading Records

Dear parents and carers,

You will have seen in your child’s book bag their new Reading Record. Please use this daily to record their phonics practice and/or family discussion of a shared book. It is also a place where your child’s class teacher can see any notes from you and will respond to your questions. It needs to be in school every Friday as this is the day we will be checking and signing them.

Currently, your child has, or will have, two books. One book is from the recommended reading list from their classroom and has a pink sticker. The other is from our Key Stage 1 library (if you don’t have this book yet, you soon will). These are sharing books for you to read to your child. From Thursday 17^th September, your child will have two more books based on their current reading level in phonics. The shorter book must be brought to school every day as it is part of our phonics lessons, but it should be practiced at home to build fluency. The other, larger book, matches your child’s reading level and should be read at home as well, for extra practice.

If you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher.

Many thanks,

The Year 1 Team

Cooking & Gardening

We are proud to offer all pupils the opportunity to take part in cooking sessions during the school day. These sessions take place in the School House kitchen and are led by the class teacher.

Fresh ingredients from our school garden are used wherever possible, helping children learn about food, nutrition, and sustainability.

To support this programme, we ask for a voluntary annual contribution of £13.00, which covers the cost of additional ingredients for the full school year (September 2025 – July 2026).

To contribute, please log into your MCAS account

The fee can be found in the Clubs section and added to your basket

Your support helps us continue offering this valuable hands-on learning experience. Thank you!

Healthy Snacks

To help keep energy levels up and minds focused, we encourage pupils to bring a healthy snack for break time.

Great options include:

Fresh fruit or vegetables

Plain rice cakes or crackers

A small pot of dried fruit

Cheese cubes or yogurt (in a cool pack)

Please do not send sweets, chocolate, crisps, or fizzy drinks. Let’s work together to support healthy habits and happy learning!

Reading and/or talking about their reading to an adult for at least 20 minutes, 5 times a week. Complete your child’s reading record each time they read. Remember it doesn’t always have to be their school book. Reading records and reading books should be sent into school daily.

Numbots -Why do we use Numbots? Please read here to find out more about Numbots.  The programme helps children develop a secure understanding of numbers bonds using multiple representations. This consolidates learning completed in school. Children should aim to do Numbots every week for at least 10 minutes. We would like to thank you for all the support at home.

Number Bonds Challenge Every Monday, children will be given  a Number Bond Challenge to complete within two minutes. They will begin with Number Bonds to 5. If children complete the challenge successfully, they will move to the next challenge the following week.

Y1 spellings are tested every Friday.

Week beginning 12th October

me, she, we, no, go, so

Week beginning 19th October

by, my, here, there, where, love

Currently, we are learning to form capital letters correctly. Capital letters sit on the line and touch the top.